Staple



' E. B. PAYSON STAPLE Origiqal Filed Jan. 7- 1919 Patented Au 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD B. PAYSON, OF SPOONER, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO MARVIN v 'I. WINSTON, OF SPOONER, WISCONSIN.

sTArLE.

Refile for abandoned application Serial No. 271,640, filed January 17, 1919. This application filed October 21, 1926.

This invention relates to staples and the primary object of the invention is to provide a staple, so constructed that the same can be readily removed from the work, when so desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a staple having the bight portion or head thereof so constructed, that the same can be readily engaged by a. claw hammer or the like, so that the same can be readily removed from the work when so desired.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a staple especially adapted for use in connection with wire fences and the like in which the bight portion ,or head of the staple is thickened, so as to provide a flange, which can be readily engaged by a claw hammer or the like, said bight portions providing a. relatively wide bearing surface for engaging the wire and thus pre venting the head of the staple from cutting the wire.

A still furtherobject of the invention is to provide an improved staple of the above character, which is durable and eificient in use, one that is simple and easy to manufacture, and one that can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction,

arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described,

claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the same.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the improved device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 generally indicates the improved staple, which includes the legs 2 and the arcuate head or crown 3.

The opposite sides of the legs at the lower edges thereof are beveled as at 4: to provide sharp points, whereby the staple may be readily inserted into the work. The legs by Serial No. 143,307.

being beveled on opposite sides insures that they will not bend, when the same are lnserted in the work, thereby allowing the staple to be readily removed when so desired.

The head or crown 3 is provided on opposlte sides with outwardly extending extensions 5, which extend the entire width of the head and from one leg to the other.

The extensions 5 formed on each side of the head also form a relatively large bearing surface for engaging the wire strands of a fence and prevents the strands from being cut by the head of the staple. These extensions or flanges 5 also form means whereby the claws of a hammer or other tool can positively engage the head of the staple and force the same out of the work.

In use, when it is desired to remove the staple, the claws of a hammer or other tool are inserted under the flanges 5 and a clownward pull is exerted on the hammer until the staple is slightly raised forward, at

which time the claws are inserted all the way under the head and upon movement of the hammer or othertool, the staple will be readily withdrawn.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yet realizing the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be re sorted to, when required without sacrificing any of theadvantages of my invention as set forth.

What I claim as new is A staple having a pair of spaced legs, a head from which said legs depend, said legs and head at their junction being connected by a substantially arcuate wall to constitute a wedge, said legs having side walls diverging from said head and at their penetrating ends being beveled from opposite sides, and said head being wedge shaped and narrower adjacent said arcuate wall..

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD B. PAYSON. 

